Animal by K'wan(
Book
)
6
editions published
between
2012
and
2016
in
English
and held by
581
libraries
worldwide
Three years after narrowly escaping a one way trip to the gas chamber, the fugitive known only as Animal finds himself drawn back to the scene of the crime: Harlem. Throughout his entire time in exile, the only thing that kept Animal going was the thought that he would one day be reunited with his soul mate, Gucci--but one bullet changed everything. When his enemies tried to murder Gucci, they crossed the line, so he vowed to cross them all. While Gucci teeters between life and death, Animal sets out on a bloody mission fueled by love and orchestrated by bullets. There will be no more innocents. Alliances are formed and secrets uncovered while Animal wages his personal war on the streets of Harlem, with the end result revealing one great truth: he is only a small piece in a much larger puzzle

Welfare wifeys by K'wan(
Book
)
4
editions published
in
2010
in
English
and held by
446
libraries
worldwide
"After the deaths and arrests of his entire crew and an informant-fueled investigation into his past, the man known on the streets as Animal relocates to Texas and finds fame and stardom as the newest act signed to the notorious Big Dawg Entertainment. His girlfriend, Gucci, is thrilled when she get the news that he's coming back to New York on a promotional tour, but when she discovers the hidden agenda behind his homecoming, nothing can prepare her for the life-altering consequences that will come of it."--Page 4 of cover

Black lotus by K'wan(
Book
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5
editions published
in
2014
in
English
and held by
444
libraries
worldwide
In order to avoid an Internal Affairs investigation, Detective Wolf must hunt down the "Black Lotus Killer," a pursuit that leads to a cold case from his past

Hoodlum by K'wan(
Book
)
4
editions published
in
2005
in
English
and held by
425
libraries
worldwide
He set out to be the good son, but the streets had a different plan. Born to one of the city's most notorious crime families, Shai Clark has always managed to be a good kid. A college hoops star, Shai shunned the world that his father had created and focused on his dreams of going pro. Tommy, Shai's trigger-happy older brother, is next in line for the throne and rules under his father through brute force. But Poppa has bigger plans for Shai. The situation soon turns ugly when Poppa is murdered and Tommy is removed from the equation. Suddenly Shai finds himself at the head of his father's empire and the streets are thrown into chaos. It is then that he must decide whether to pursue his own dreams or put his father's affairs in order. Unable to sit idly by while the Clarks' underworld empire is pillaged, Shai takes up his father's mantle and brings his game to the streets. He quickly learns that there are two sides to every coin, and the streets hold no mercy for the weak

The fix by K'wan(
Book
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4
editions published
in
2014
in
English
and held by
398
libraries
worldwide
Persia Chandler doesn't know the meaning of the world struggle. After the arrest of her notorious father, she is whisked away from Harlem, the only place she has ever called home, to be raised in an affluent neighborhood in Long Island City. Her mother and stepfather shower her with the best that life has to offer. During her senior year in high school, she convinces her parents to let her transfer from Catholic school to attend public school. That is the start of her problems, but it's hardly the end. In her new school, Persia is reunited with the friends she was forced to move away from, and starts to drift further and further from the life her mother and stepfather have built for her. To the sheltered Persia, the Harlem underworld is like one big adventure. Things promise to get even more interesting when she starts dating a dealer named Chucky. He introduces her to his world of sex, money, and drugs, dragging Persia along with him on a long and bitter ride into the bowels of addiction.--Publisher's description

Eviction notice by K'wan(
Book
)
4
editions published
in
2011
in
English
and held by
394
libraries
worldwide
"From #1 Essence bestselling author, K'wan, comes the next installment in his bestselling Hood Rat series. Porsha: the ghetto princess. Boots: the scandalous baby mama. Frankie aka Francine: the con artist. These three girls live in one apartment and are into all kinds of hood foolishness while having fun. Until one day they find an eviction notice taped to their door. Now they have seventy-two hours to find out how to come up with all the money they owe in months of back rent. Of course Don B. is still up to his old tricks with Big Dawg ENT and trying to find an artist to replace Animal and he comes across a rapper from Newark named Lord Scientific who proves to be much more than even Don B. can handle. Meanwhile, the police and Gucci are still searching for Animal and they'll uncover something about him and his abduction that no one was prepared for. There goes the neighborhood, again!"--

Section 8 : a hood rat novel by K'wan(
Book
)
3
editions published
in
2009
in
English
and held by
367
libraries
worldwide
Tionna learned from her on-and-off addicted mother how to live by her wits. Now, forced to start over in the same neighborhood she swore she'd never go back to, with her on-again/off-again boyfriend and father of her two sons in jail and everything seized by the government, she rediscovers her old life and wonders if she's cut out to be a prisoner's wife

Road dawgz by K'wan(
Book
)
7
editions published
between
2003
and
2015
in
English and Japanese
and held by
358
libraries
worldwide
KeShawn aka K-Dawg decides that the world owes him soemthing, and when he is released from prison he intends to take it

Still hood by K'wan(
Book
)
2
editions published
in
2007
in
English
and held by
334
libraries
worldwide
While preparing for a video shoot, bodyguard Jah, celebrity stylist Yoshi, rap entrepreneur Don B., pimp Black Ice, and bad girl Dena are drawn into greed and deception centered around a plan to kill rap protégé True

Hood rat by K'wan(
Book
)
3
editions published
between
2006
and
2007
in
English
and held by
332
libraries
worldwide
Hood Rat (n.): A woman of questionable repute, one who has been known to "get around" in the 'hood. Yoshi is young, fine, and larcenous. She lives her life playing on men's hearts as well as their pockets. She learns the hard way that all that glitters isn't gold. Billy, a former high school basketball star, is at the end of her rope with the opposite sex. To her, all men are dogs, so she secretly seeks comfort in the arms of women, until she meets a man who makes her reevaluate her feelings. Reese is an around-the-way chick, trying to keep up with the Joneses. There's a revolving door on her bedroom as she tries to find the love she always felt was missing. Her promiscuity leaves her pregnant from a one-night stand and Reese is faced with the task of breaking an age-old cycle, passed down from mother to daughter in her family, and standing on her own. Rhonda is twenty-something with three kids, by three men, and riding the system all the way to the bank. To her, work is a dirty word; between the multiple checks she gets from the government, and the games she plays with men, she's living the life of a ghetto superstar. The game soon turns ugly when one of her "sponsors" snaps and decides to get some payback. Harlem has never seen four friends as scandalous as these. The neighborhood will never be the same again

Eve by K'wan(
Book
)
4
editions published
between
2006
and
2013
in
English
and held by
328
libraries
worldwide
When her best friend ends up dead after being caught in the crossfire of the strong-arm tactics of the De Nardis, one of the most powerful drug suppliers in the city, during their attempt to take over control of Harlem, Eve Panelli, a young woman whose only family is the infamous Twenty-Gang, launches her own campaign to seek revenge on those responsible

Animal II : the omen by K'wan(
Book
)
4
editions published
in
2013
in
English
and held by
328
libraries
worldwide
Secrets are revealed, sides are chosen and bodies are dropped ... it's on! After being thought dead, Animal resurfaces on the streets of New York to keep true to his promise, and make it rain blood over Harlem. All those who had wronged him would feel his wrath, including Shai Clark, boss of the New York underworld. However, touching a man like Shai Clark proves to be easier said than done. Using Animal's soul mate Gucci as bait, Shai sets a trap for the young killer. Once again Animal finds himself captured, but this time there would be no trial. He is sentenced to die at the hands of Shai's executioner, a man known only as Priest. The assassin is ordered to kill Animal, but instead of death he gives him the truth of his shadowed past and how their destinies are intertwined. The man ordered to take Animal from the world is also the man who brought him into it. Animal finds himself torn between his hatred for the father who had abandoned him and the man who had taken everything from him. An uneasy truce is formed between father and son to take down a common enemy and finally grant Animal his freedom from the blood debt he's carried for so many years, but when the ghosts of Animal's past catch up with him he learns that nothing is what it seems, and everything is subject to corruption, even his love for Gucci.--Back cover

Animal III : Revelations by K'wan(
Book
)
3
editions published
in
2014
in
English
and held by
320
libraries
worldwide
"When Animal's former lover, Red Sonja, shows up on his doorstep with a little girl, claiming Animal is the father, he and Gucci immediately fear it's a ploy for money. But Red Sonja has come to collect a debt of a different kind, one that can only be paid in blood. A powerful man is hunting Red Sonja and her daughter, Celeste, and she calls on Animal to stop him, permanently. Animal is forced to break the promise he made to his wife upon his release from prison and once again picks up his guns. To keep his daughter and her mother safe, Animal sets out on a mission of murder, but this isn't just any man Red Sonja has sent him after, it's one of the most powerful drug dealers in the country ... her father."--Dust jacket, p.[4]

Gutter by K'wan(
Book
)
2
editions published
in
2008
in
English
and held by
311
libraries
worldwide
Blood answers for blood on the streets of Harlem. It?s been months since Lou-loc was brutally murdered on his way to freedom and the pain is still fresh. Gutter, Lou-loc?s best friend, finds himself on a path to self destruction, vowing to eradicate the entire Blood faction in New York City in the name of his fallen comrade. Sharell urges him to abandon the suicide mission, but his oath won?t allow it. Not even for the child they are expecting. But as Gutter slips further into madness, a shocking revelation brings Satin out. In the middle of all this is a man named Major Blood. He has been flown in from Cali with two very simple instructions. Shut down Harlem Crip, and execute El Diablo?s murderer. Walk back into the mouth of madness in the not-to-missed sequel to GANGSTA. --from amazon.com

The fix 2 by K'wan(
Book
)
6
editions published
between
2014
and
2015
in
English
and held by
306
libraries
worldwide
As she tries to fix her life after a nearly deadly cocaine addiction, Persia receives a call that threatens to pull her back to the streets, while her childhood friend Li'l Monk is making a name for himself as a ruthless gangland killer

Gangsta by K'wan(
Book
)
8
editions published
between
2003
and
2014
in
English and Japanese
and held by
291
libraries
worldwide
Crip assassin Lou-Loc, who wants to be a writer, and his sociopath counterpart Gutter, who has dreams of being a kingpin, leave Los Angeles for New York, each with his dream in tow

Street dreams by K'wan(
Book
)
4
editions published
between
2004
and
2005
in
English
and held by
282
libraries
worldwide
Darius, a.k.a. Rio, the only child of a singer turned alcoholic, feels he has nothing to hold on to except the idea of escaping the ghetto. Years ago, he took a gun charge for a friend and did some prison time. Unable to find a job when he gets out, Rio turns to hustling as a way out. In the meantime, Rio finds escape in the arms of his soulmate, Trinity

Section 8 : a hood rat novel by K'wan(
file
)
11
editions published
between
2009
and
2010
in
English
and held by
279
libraries
worldwide
Tionna's on-and-off addicted mother has always taught her to get hers by any means necessary. Tionna's heart is cold, but she holds a warm place in it for Duhan, the father of her two sons and her on-again-off-again boyfriend since they were teenagers. Duhan becomes her knight in shining armor until the government turns their dream into a nightmare. With Duhan behind bars and everything she loves seized, she finds herself starting over in the same neighborhood that she swore she'd never return to. With two kids, a man in prison, and no back-up plan, Tionna is once again living by her wits in order to maintain the lifestyle she's become so accustomed to. Back in the thick of things with her best friends Gucci, Boots, and Tracy, she finds herself rediscovering her old life and suddenly begins to wonder if she's really cut out to be a prisoner's wife--Publisher's description

The fix 3 by K'wan(
Book
)
3
editions published
between
2016
and
2017
in
English
and held by
271
libraries
worldwide
Persia is drug free and has gotten her life back on track. Meanwhile, Chucky is determined to make Persia his again